Meanings
az1
- not comparablepronunciation spellingEye dialect spelling of as.
The whole legiſlature likewize acts az a court for the trial of public delinquents.
1790, Noah Webster, A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings, pages 340–341
az2
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of az. (“azure”).
az3
- letternameuncountableName of the letter a in Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets.
AZ4
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Arizona: a state of the United States.
- abbreviationneologismAbbreviation of AstraZeneca, a COVID-19 vaccine made by the AstraZeneca company.
Risks? Suck it up buttercup. The risk of death by Covid is real and so many others of your age had AZ with limited ill or side-effects.
2021 July 2, The NT News, Darwin, page 22, column 3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe azimuth of a celestial body is the angle between the vertical plane containing it and the plane of the meridian
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
az · noun
- Old Church Slavonicазъ
- Englishaz
From Old Church Slavonic азъ (azŭ).
More words from Old Church Slavonic
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Bulgarian аз
- аз (az)name of the letter a in the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets
Russian аз
- аз (az)name of the letter a in the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets
Ukrainian аз
- аз (az)name of the letter a in the Cyrillic and Glagolitic alphabets
Cite this entry
az. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/az
“az.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/az. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “az,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/az.
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